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COVID-19: Federal Travel Restrictions and Quarantine Measures
Congressional Research Service · 2020-05-28 · Posts · 1,745 words · PDF available
In response to the ongoing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the federal government has taken several actions to deter persons with potential COVID-19 infection from entering the country. ...
Supreme Court Permits Retroactive Punitive Damages Against Sudan in Terrorism Cases
Congressional Research Service · 2020-05-28 · Posts · 1,307 words · PDF available
More than two decades after the U.S. embassies bombings in Tanzania and Kenya, some plaintiffs who alleged that Sudanese support of Al Qaeda contributed to the attacks have won the opportunity to obt...
CFIUS: New Foreign Investment Review Regulations
Congressional Research Service · 2020-05-28 · Resources · 1,741 words · PDF available
Overview On January 13, 2020, the Department of the Treasury issued final regulations to implement key parts of the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA) (Title XVII, P.L. 115-232)...
Spectrum Interference Issues: Ligado, the L-Band, and GPS
Congressional Research Service · 2020-05-28 · Resources · 1,655 words · PDF available
On April 20, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) unanimously approved a controversial application by Ligado Networks, a U.S. satellite communications company, to deploy a terrestrial nat...